There are two main types of brain cancer. Primary brain cancer starts in the brain. Metastatic brain cancer starts somewhere else in the body and moves to the brain. According to the American Brain Tumor Association, brain tumors are the most common of the solid tumors in children, and the second most frequent malignancy of childhood. Brain tumors are the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in males under 40 and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in females under age 20. At publication, the database lists 30 studies linking pesticides to brain cancer. Researchers believe that insecticides that.